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From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
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Subject: Re: Spectre-NG - Multiple new Intel CPU flaws
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In message <6e279745-bfe5-fad1-a1aa-3b4d0356d55d@quip.cz>,
Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>u wrote:

>Spectre and Meltdown was patched in FreeBSD 2 months ago and new 
>vulnerabilities in CPU are about to come.
>
>https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Exclusive-Spectre-NG-Multiple-new-Intel-CPU-flaws-revealed-several-serious-4040648.html

I suspect that I speak for almost everyone here when I say that
I really hope like hell that the story at the above link is
just some sort of a colossal gag or prank.  But it sure doesn't
look like one.

If it isn't, then diety help us all!


Regards,
rfg